The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1962 Davis Cup.

28 teams entered the Europe Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the America Zone and Eastern Zone. Sweden defeated Italy in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2]

Draw

First Round
4–7 May
Second Round
18–21 May
Quarterfinals
14–17 June
Semifinals
13–15 July
Final
27–29 July
 ItalyFlorence, Italy (clay)
bye Italy5
 Netherlands0 Soviet Union0Brescia, Italy (clay)
 Soviet Union5 Italy4
 Hungary5Budapest, Hungary (clay) Hungary1
 Luxembourg0 Hungary5
 Denmark4 Denmark0Milan, Italy (clay)
 New Zealand1 Italy5
 Norway0Warsaw, Poland Great Britain0
 Poland5 Poland0
 Monaco0 Brazil3Eastbourne, England (grass)
 Brazil5 Brazil1
 Ireland1Vienna, Austria (clay) Great Britain4
 Austria4 Austria1
bye Great Britain4Båstad, Sweden (clay)
 Great Britain Italy1
 FranceParis, France (clay) Sweden4
bye France2
  Switzerland0 South Africa3West Berlin
 South Africa4 South Africa3
 Spain2Hanover, West Germany West Germany2
 West Germany3 West Germany5
 Romania4 Romania0Båstad, Sweden (clay)
 Israel1 South Africa1
 Lebanon1Helsinki, Finland Sweden4
 Finland4 Finland0
 Czechoslovakia4 Czechoslovakia5Stockholm, Sweden (clay)
 Egypt1 Czechoslovakia0
 Belgium4Brussels, Belgium (clay) Sweden5
 Chile1 Belgium0
bye Sweden5
 Sweden

First round

Netherlands vs. Soviet Union


Netherlands
0
Scheveningen, Netherlands[3]
5–7 May 1962
Clay

Soviet Union
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Netherlands
Soviet Union
Willem Maris
Toomas Leius
1
6
1
6
2
6
     
2 Netherlands
Soviet Union
Evert Schneider
Sergei Likhachev
3
6
1
6
6
4
4
6
   
3 Netherlands
Soviet Union
Willem Maris / Evert Schneider
Toomas Leius / Sergei Likhachev
1
6
5
7
2
6
     
4 Netherlands
Soviet Union
Pieter van Eijsden
Sergei Likhachev
1
6
1
6
1
6
     
5 Netherlands
Soviet Union
Evert Schneider
Rudolf Sivokhin
5
7
5
7
2
6
     

Hungary vs. Luxembourg


Hungary
5
Budapest, Hungary[4]
4–6 May 1962

Luxembourg
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Hungary
Luxembourg
Zoltán Katona
Jean Neuman
6
0
6
2
6
3
     
2 Hungary
Luxembourg
István Gulyás
Joseph Offenheim
6
3
6
1
6
1
     
3 Hungary
Luxembourg
István Gulyás / András Szikszay
Joseph Offenheim / Gaston Wampach
6
1
6
1
6
3
     
4 Hungary
Luxembourg
István Gulyás
Jean Neuman
6
1
6
2
6
3
     
5 Hungary
Luxembourg
Zoltán Katona
Joseph Offenheim
6
1
6
2
6
2
     

Denmark vs. New Zealand


Denmark
4
Copenhagen, Denmark[5]
4–6 May 1962
Clay

New Zealand
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
New Zealand
Jan Leschly
John Souter
6
2
7
5
6
4
     
2 Denmark
New Zealand
Jørgen Ulrich
Ian Crookenden
6
2
1
6
10
8
2
6
10
8
 
3 Denmark
New Zealand
Jan Leschly / Jørgen Ulrich
Ian Crookenden / John Souter
8
6
6
3
6
4
     
4 Denmark
New Zealand
Jan Leschly
Ian Crookenden
6
2
3
6
8
6
6
0
   
5 Denmark
New Zealand
Carl-Edvard Hedelund
John Souter
3
6
2
6
6
4
0
6
   

Norway vs. Poland


Norway
0
Oslo, Norway[6]
4–7 May 1962
Clay

Poland
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Norway
Poland
Per Hegna
Władysław Skonecki
3
6
1
6
0
6
     
2 Norway
Poland
Finn Søhol
Wiesław Gąsiorek
2
6
6
3
2
6
2
6
   
3 Norway
Poland
Sjur Lars Galtung-Hansen / Finn Søhol
Wiesław Gąsiorek / Józef Orlikowski
4
6
4
6
1
6
     
4 Norway
Poland
Per Hegna
Wiesław Gąsiorek
2
6
6
4
1
6
4
6
   
5 Norway
Poland
Finn Søhol
Józef Orlikowski
6
1
6
2
3
6
3
6
4
6
 

Monaco vs. Brazil


Monaco
0
Monte Carlo, Monaco[7]
4–6 May 1962

Brazil
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Monaco
Brazil
Adrien Viviani
José Edison Mandarino
0
6
1
6
0
6
     
2 Monaco
Brazil
Roland Borghini
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
4
6
2
6
2
6
     
3 Monaco
Brazil
Roland Borghini / René Ruzic
Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino
0
6
2
6
3
6
     
4 Monaco
Brazil
Adrien Viviani
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
1
6
2
6
3
6
     
5 Monaco
Brazil
Roland Borghini
Thomaz Koch
5
7
3
6
1
6
     

Ireland vs. Austria


Ireland
1
Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[8]
4–6 May 1962
Grass

Austria
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Republic of Ireland
Austria
Peter Jackson
Franz Saiko
5
7
2
6
1
6
     
2 Republic of Ireland
Austria
Robin Condy
Ladislav Legenstein
0
6
2
6
2
6
     
3 Republic of Ireland
Austria
Derek Arthurs / Michael Hickey
Detlef Herdy / Ladislav Legenstein
3
6
3
6
7
9
     
4 Republic of Ireland
Austria
Derek Arthurs
Franz Saiko
1
6
2
6
       
5 Republic of Ireland
Austria
Peter Jackson
Detlef Herdy
6
4
1
6
6
4
     

Switzerland vs. South Africa


Switzerland
0
Lausanne, Switzerland[9]
4–6 May 1962

South Africa
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Switzerland
South Africa
Martin Froesch
Abe Segal
2
6
1
6
3
6
     
2 Switzerland
South Africa
Jorge Paulo Lemann
Gordon Forbes
3
6
7
5
6
3
5
7
1
6
 
3 Switzerland
South Africa
Paul Blondel / Bruno Spielmann
Gordon Forbes / Abe Segal
3
6
1
6
2
6
     
4 Switzerland
South Africa
Jorge Paulo Lemann
Cliff Drysdale
9
11
2
6
4
6
     
5 Switzerland
South Africa
Martin Froesch
Gordon Forbes
          not
played

Spain vs. West Germany


Spain
2
Real Madrid Club de Tenis, Madrid, Spain[10]
4–6 May 1962
Clay

West Germany
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
West Germany
Manuel Santana
Ingo Buding
6
3
1
6
2
6
6
2
5
7
 
2 Spain
West Germany
Juan Manuel Couder
Wilhelm Bungert
1
6
6
4
6
2
4
6
7
5
 
3 Spain
West Germany
José Luis Arilla / Manuel Santana
Wilhelm Bungert / Christian Kuhnke
7
9
4
6
6
3
9
11
   
4 Spain
West Germany
Manuel Santana
Wilhelm Bungert
2
6
5
7
3
6
     
5 Spain
West Germany
Juan Manuel Couder
Ingo Buding
6
4
6
3
6
2
     

Romania vs. Israel


Romania
4
Bucharest, Romania[11]
4–6 May 1962
Clay

Israel
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Romania
Israel
Ion Țiriac
Eleazar Davidman
6
0
6
3
6
3
     
2 Romania
Israel
Constantin Năstase
Gabriel Dubitzky
6
0
6
1
6
1
     
3 Romania
Israel
Petre Mărmureanu / Ion Țiriac
Eleazar Davidman / Gabriel Dubitzky
6
4
6
1
6
4
     
4 Romania
Israel
Constantin Năstase
Eleazar Davidman
6
4
6
1
1
6
3
6
4
6
 
5 Romania
Israel
Ion Țiriac
Gabriel Dubitzky
6
3
6
1
6
1
     

Lebanon vs. Finland


Lebanon
1
Alumni Club, Beirut, Lebanon[12]
4–6 May 1962
Clay

Finland
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Lebanon
Finland
Édouard Samuel
Reino Nyyssönen
1
6
0
6
2
6
     
2 Lebanon
Finland
Karim Fawaz
Sakari Salo
6
4
6
3
7
5
     
3 Lebanon
Finland
Karim Fawaz / Édouard Samuel
Reino Nyyssönen / Sakari Salo
2
6
7
5
6
8
7
9
   
4 Lebanon
Finland
Édouard Samuel
Sakari Salo
8
6
2
6
2
6
1
6
   
5 Lebanon
Finland
Karim Fawaz
Reino Nyyssönen
6
3
4
6
1
6
0
6
   

Czechoslovakia vs. Egypt


Czechoslovakia
4
Prague, Czechoslovakia[13]
4–6 May 1962

Egypt
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czechoslovakia
Egypt
Petr Štrobl
Kamel Moubarek
6
1
6
4
4
6
3
6
6
4
 
2 Czechoslovakia
Egypt
Jiří Javorský
Fathi Mohammed-Ali
6
3
6
2
6
4
     
3 Czechoslovakia
Egypt
Jiří Javorský / Petr Štrobl
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed / Fathi Mohammed-Ali
6
2
3
6
6
0
6
3
   
4 Czechoslovakia
Egypt
Petr Štrobl
Fathi Mohammed-Ali
4
6
4
6
2
6
     
5 Czechoslovakia
Egypt
Pavel Korda
Kamel Moubarek
6
2
6
1
6
2
     

Belgium vs. Chile


Belgium
4
Brussels, Belgium[14]
4–6 May 1962

Chile
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Belgium
Chile
Eric Drossart
Patricio Apey
7
5
6
2
6
2
     
2 Belgium
Chile
Jacques Brichant
Patricio Rodríguez
6
0
7
5
6
4
     
3 Belgium
Chile
Jacques Brichant / Eric Drossart
Ernesto Aguirre / Patricio Rodríguez
4
6
3
6
6
3
6
0
6
2
 
4 Belgium
Chile
Claude de Gronckel
Patricio Apey
3
6
5
7
6
4
7
9
   
5 Belgium
Chile
Eric Drossart
Patricio Rodríguez
6
4
4
6
7
5
2
6
6
2
 

Second round

Italy vs. Soviet Union


Italy
5
Florence, Italy[15]
18–20 May 1962
Clay

Soviet Union
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Soviet Union
Nicola Pietrangeli
Toomas Leius
6
4
1
6
6
3
6
1
   
2 Italy
Soviet Union
Fausto Gardini
Sergei Likhachev
6
0
6
2
6
3
     
3 Italy
Soviet Union
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Toomas Leius / Sergei Likhachev
7
5
6
2
6
3
     
4 Italy
Soviet Union
Nicola Pietrangeli
Sergei Likhachev
0
6
8
6
8
6
6
1
   
5 Italy
Soviet Union
Fausto Gardini
Toomas Leius
6
4
2
6
6
3
6
3
   

Hungary vs. Denmark


Hungary
5
Budapest, Hungary[16]
18–20 May 1962
Clay

Denmark
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Hungary
Denmark
András Szikszay
Carl-Edvard Hedelund
6
2
7
5
6
4
     
2 Hungary
Denmark
István Gulyás
Thorkild Larsen
6
3
6
0
6
2
     
3 Hungary
Denmark
István Gulyás / András Szikszay
Carl-Edvard Hedelund / Thorkild Larsen
6
3
6
2
6
2
     
4 Hungary
Denmark
András Szikszay
Thorkild Larsen
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
5 Hungary
Denmark
István Gulyás
Carl-Edvard Hedelund
6
0
6
3
6
4
     

Poland vs. Brazil


Poland
0
Warsaw, Poland[17]
18–20 May 1962

Brazil
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Poland
Brazil
Władysław Skonecki
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
4
6
6
2
6
8
4
6
   
2 Poland
Brazil
Wiesław Gąsiorek
José Edison Mandarino
5
7
2
6
2
6
     
3 Poland
Brazil
Wiesław Biełanowicz / Wiesław Nowicki
Ronald Barnes / Carlos Alberto Fernandes
3
6
2
6
3
6
     
4 Poland
Brazil
Wiesław Gąsiorek
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
          not
played
5 Poland
Brazil
Władysław Skonecki
José Edison Mandarino
          not
played

Austria vs. Great Britain


Austria
1
Vienna, Austria[18]
19–21 May 1962
Clay

Great Britain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Austria
United Kingdom
Ladislav Legenstein
Billy Knight
0
6
6
3
2
6
3
6
   
2 Austria
United Kingdom
Franz Saiko
Mike Sangster
6
3
3
6
2
6
6
4
6
3
 
3 Austria
United Kingdom
Ladislav Legenstein / Franz Saiko
Billy Knight / Tony Pickard
0
6
2
6
6
3
6
4
0
6
 
4 Austria
United Kingdom
Franz Saiko
Billy Knight
2
6
4
6
7
9
     
5 Austria
United Kingdom
Detlef Herdy
Mike Sangster
8
10
4
6
6
3
5
7
   

France vs. South Africa


France
2
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[19]
18–20 May 1962
Clay

South Africa
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 France
South Africa
Gérard Pilet
Cliff Drysdale
5
7
6
2
3
6
10
12
   
2 France
South Africa
Pierre Darmon
Gordon Forbes
6
3
6
1
6
2
     
3 France
South Africa
Jean-Claude Barclay / Jacques Renavand
Gordon Forbes / Abe Segal
4
6
1
6
3
6
     
4 France
South Africa
Pierre Darmon
Cliff Drysdale
6
4
7
5
6
2
     
5 France
South Africa
Gérard Pilet
Gordon Forbes
1
6
1
6
7
9
     

West Germany vs. Romania


West Germany
5
Hanover, West Germany[20]
18–20 May 1962

Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 West Germany
Romania
Wilhelm Bungert
Constantin Năstase
6
1
8
6
6
2
     
2 West Germany
Romania
Ingo Buding
Ion Țiriac
6
4
6
0
6
3
     
3 West Germany
Romania
Wilhelm Bungert / Christian Kuhnke
Constantin Năstase / Ion Țiriac
6
0
6
3
6
4
     
4 West Germany
Romania
Wilhelm Bungert
Ion Țiriac
6
1
6
2
6
2
     
5 West Germany
Romania
Ingo Buding
Constantin Năstase
6
2
6
2
6
1
     

Finland vs. Czechoslovakia


Finland
0
Helsinki, Finland[21]
18–20 May 1962

Czechoslovakia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Finland
Czechoslovakia
Reino Nyyssönen
Jiří Javorský
6
8
2
6
4
6
     
2 Finland
Czechoslovakia
Pekka Säilä
Pavel Korda
0
6
7
9
4
6
     
3 Finland
Czechoslovakia
Reino Nyyssönen / Sakari Salo
Jiří Javorský / Petr Štrobl
0
6
6
3
6
8
4
6
   
4 Finland
Czechoslovakia
Pekka Säilä
Petr Štrobl
2
6
3
6
3
6
     
5 Finland
Czechoslovakia
Reino Nyyssönen
Pavel Korda
6
4
6
4
4
6
1
6
3
6
 

Belgium vs. Sweden


Belgium
0
Royal Léopold Club, Brussels, Belgium[22]
18–20 May 1962
Clay

Sweden
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Belgium
Sweden
Jacques Brichant
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
6
2
3
6
4
6
3
6
   
2 Belgium
Sweden
Eric Drossart
Ulf Schmidt
2
6
4
6
1
6
     
3 Belgium
Sweden
Jacques Brichant / Eric Drossart
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
0
6
3
6
1
6
     
4 Belgium
Sweden
Jacques Brichant
Ulf Schmidt
2
6
6
4
4
6
2
6
   
5 Belgium
Sweden
Eric Drossart
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
1
6
2
6
2
6
     

Quarterfinals

Italy vs. Hungary


Italy
4
Brescia, Italy[23]
15–17 June 1962
Clay

Hungary
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Hungary
Fausto Gardini
Zoltán Katona
6
1
6
3
6
1
     
2 Italy
Hungary
Nicola Pietrangeli
István Gulyás
6
1
4
6
3
6
2
6
   
3 Italy
Hungary
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
István Gulyás / András Szikszay
1
6
6
2
6
1
4
6
6
3
 
4 Italy
Hungary
Nicola Pietrangeli
Zoltán Katona
6
0
6
2
6
3
     
5 Italy
Hungary
Fausto Gardini
István Gulyás
6
1
2
6
6
3
6
2
   

Great Britain vs. Brazil


Great Britain
4
Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, England[24]
14–16 June 1962
Grass

Brazil
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Brazil
Mike Sangster
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
6
4
6
4
6
4
     
2 United Kingdom
Brazil
Billy Knight
Thomaz Koch
6
3
6
3
6
1
     
3 United Kingdom
Brazil
Billy Knight / Tony Pickard
Ronald Barnes / José Edison Mandarino
17
19
6
1
4
6
7
9
   
4 United Kingdom
Brazil
Billy Knight
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
10
8
6
3
3
6
7
5
   
5 United Kingdom
Brazil
Mike Sangster
José Edison Mandarino
4
6
6
3
6
3
2
6
7
5
 

West Germany vs. South Africa


West Germany
2
West Berlin[25]
15–17 June 1962

South Africa
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 West Germany
South Africa
Ingo Buding
Cliff Drysdale
4
6
7
5
6
4
9
11
6
3
 
2 West Germany
South Africa
Wilhelm Bungert
Gordon Forbes
6
3
6
8
4
6
6
3
6
4
 
3 West Germany
South Africa
Wilhelm Bungert / Christian Kuhnke
Gordon Forbes / Abe Segal
6
4
4
6
2
6
6
3
3
6
 
4 West Germany
South Africa
Ingo Buding
Gordon Forbes
3
6
2
6
7
5
4
6
   
5 West Germany
South Africa
Wilhelm Bungert
Cliff Drysdale
2
6
6
0
6
8
2
6
   

Sweden vs. Czechoslovakia


Sweden
5
Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden[26]
15–17 June 1962
Clay

Czechoslovakia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Ulf Schmidt
Pavel Korda
6
2
6
4
6
2
     
2 Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Jiří Javorský
6
0
10
8
6
2
     
3 Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
Jiří Javorský / Petr Štrobl
8
6
6
3
6
0
     
4 Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Pavel Korda
6
2
6
0
6
4
     
5 Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Ulf Schmidt
Jiří Javorský
6
4
3
6
6
3
6
2
   

Semifinals

Italy vs. Great Britain


Italy
5
Milan, Italy[27]
13–15 July 1962
Clay

Great Britain
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
United Kingdom
Nicola Pietrangeli
Mike Sangster
6
3
4
6
7
5
8
6
   
2 Italy
United Kingdom
Fausto Gardini
Billy Knight
6
1
6
8
6
3
6
1
   
3 Italy
United Kingdom
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Billy Knight / Tony Pickard
6
3
6
4
6
8
6
3
   
4 Italy
United Kingdom
Nicola Pietrangeli
Tony Pickard
8
6
6
0
6
1
     
5 Italy
United Kingdom
Fausto Gardini
Mike Sangster
6
1
6
3
6
0
     

Sweden vs. South Africa


Sweden
4
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[28]
13–15 July 1962
Clay

South Africa
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
South Africa
Ulf Schmidt
Cliff Drysdale
3
6
2
6
6
3
3
6
   
2 Sweden
South Africa
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Gordon Forbes
6
2
6
4
6
1
     
3 Sweden
South Africa
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
Cliff Drysdale / Abe Segal
6
4
6
2
9
7
     
4 Sweden
South Africa
Ulf Schmidt
Abe Segal
11
9
6
4
6
1
     
5 Sweden
South Africa
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Cliff Drysdale
6
4
6
4
6
2
     

Final

Sweden vs. Italy


Sweden
4
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[2]
27–29 July 1962
Clay

Italy
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
Italy
Ulf Schmidt
Fausto Gardini
3
6
6
3
5
7
3
6
   
2 Sweden
Italy
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Nicola Pietrangeli
6
2
6
4
6
1
     
3 Sweden
Italy
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
6
1
3
6
6
8
6
4
9
7
 
4 Sweden
Italy
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Fausto Gardini
6
0
6
2
6
1
     
5 Sweden
Italy
Ulf Schmidt
Nicola Pietrangeli
6
1
8
6
6
3
     

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  1. Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
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